The engagement of Rebecca Suzanne Douglas and Melvin Duane Bedene has been
announced by their parents, Sandy Douglas and Rex Douglas, both of Mulberry,
Regina Bedene, Franklin, and Dennis Bedene, Ratcliff, Ark.

The bride-elect is a 1994 graduate of Pittsburg State University and is
currently a special education teacher at Meadowlark Elementary School, Pittsburg.

The future bridegroom is a 1995 graduate of Northeast High School, Arma,
and is currently attending PSU as a finance major. He is employed as a supervisor
at Miller's Professional Imaging, Pittsburg.

The wedding will be an event of April 17 at Countryside Christian Church,
Pittsburg.